The last will and testament of Sir Thomas Gresham, Knt / [Sir Thomas Gresham].

  • Thomas Gresham
Date:
[1825]
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Credit: The last will and testament of Sir Thomas Gresham, Knt / [Sir Thomas Gresham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    50/. per Annum clear of all Tax¬ es to be paid by theCity to their several Lectu¬ rers, in consi¬ deration of the apartments re¬ linquished by them in the said College; the same to be paid quarterly. and 50/. per Annum by the Mercers Com¬ pany to their Lecturers, in lieu of their apartments: the first quar¬ terly payments to be made on 25 Dec. 176'8. An additional sum of 501. per Annum to be paid by the Mercers Com¬ pany to Doctor Pemberton du¬ ring his life. The City and Mercers Com¬ pany to pro¬ vide proper places for the reading of Lectures; and for the ha¬ bitation of the Alms-Folks of the College. The City and Mercers Com¬ pany are to pay to the Receiver General of the Excise within a Month, 1800/, towards the charge of pulling down the College and building an Excise Office. Persons posses¬ sed 4'c. of such Lands or Tene¬ ments as shall he found neccs- ( 6 ) part of the agreement entered into as aforesaid, have respectively agreed and consented to relinquish and quit their apartments and Alms-Houses ; Be it en¬ acted by the authority aforesaid, that the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London do and shall pay, or cause to be paid, unto the Four Persons who now read the said Lectures in Divinity, Astronomy, Musick, and Geometry, and to their successors who shall from time to time be chosen, no¬ minated, and appointed to read the said Lectures, and to each and every of them, the yearly sum of Fifty Pounds of lawful money of Great Britain, free and clear of all Parliamentary and other taxes, payments, charges, and deduc¬ tions whatsoever, by even and equal quarterly payments, in lieu and instead of their respective apartments so by them agreed to be relinquished and given up, and over and above the salaries and stipends found, provided, and allowed to them for reading the same Lectures ; and in like manner that the Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Mercers of the City of London do and shall pay, or cause to be paid, unto the Three Persons who now read the said Lectures in -Law, Physick, and Rhetorick, and to their successors who shall from time to time be chosen, nominated, and appointed to read the said Lec¬ tures, and to each and every of them, the yearly sum of Fifty Pounds of lawful money of Great Britain, free and clear of all Parliamentary and other taxes, payments, charges, and deductions whatsoever, by even and equal quarterly payments, in lieu and instead of their respective apartments so by them agreed to be relinquished and given up, and over and above the salaries and stipends found, provided, and allowed to them for reading the same Lectures ; the first quarterly payments of the said yearly sums respectively to be made on tbe feast- day of the Nativity of our blessed Lord, in the said year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-eight. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in consideration of the great age and infirmities of Henri/ Pemberton, Doctor of Physick, the pre¬ sent Rccider in Physick in the said College, and of his long residence therein, the said Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Mercers of the City of London shall, over and above the said yearly sum of Fifty Pounds by this Act provided for the Reader in Physick for the time being, by like quarterly pay¬ ments pay, or cause to be paid, unto the said Henry Pemberton, the further additional yearly sum of Fifty Pounds for and during the term of his natural life, free and clear of all taxes and deductions whatsoever. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, and the Wardens and Com¬ monalty of the Mystery of Mercers of the City of London do and shall, from time to time and at all times hereafter, find and provide sufficient and proper place or places for the present Seven Professors, and all succeeding persons to be chosen, nominated, and appointed for the reading the Lectures in Divinity, Astronomy, Musick, Geometry, Law, Physick, and Rhetorick, toieadthe same in accordingly ; and also like sufficient and proper place and places for the ha¬ bitation of the Eight Alms-Folks now or hereafter for the time being. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, and the Wardens and Com¬ monalty of the Mystery of Mercers of the City of London, do and shall, within the space of one month from the passing of this Act, pay, or cause to be paid, unto the Receiver General of His Majesty’s Duties of Excise, the sum of One Thousand Eight Hundred Pounds, for and towards the expence of pulling down the said College and the building an Excise Office there; and the receipt of such Receiver General shall be a sufficient discharge for the same. And whereas it may be found necessary for the more commodious building the said Office, or for rendering the same more convenient and proper by any future buildings to be added thereto, that a power be vested in the Commis¬ sioners of His Majesty’s Treasury for the purchasing Lands or Tenements for those purposes ; Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid. That it shall
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